How To Install udisks2-zram on Debian 12

Learn how to install udisks2-zram on Debian 12 with this tutorial. udisks2-zram is zram support for udisks2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-zram on Debian 12.

What is udisks2-zram

udisks2-zram is:

The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting, unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks or USB thumb drives.

This package provides support for zram configuration.

There are three methods to install udisks2-zram on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install udisks2-zram Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install udisks2-zram using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install udisks2-zram

Install udisks2-zram Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install udisks2-zram using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install udisks2-zram

Install udisks2-zram Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install udisks2-zram using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install udisks2-zram

How To Uninstall udisks2-zram on Debian 12

To uninstall only the udisks2-zram package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove udisks2-zram

Uninstall udisks2-zram And Its Dependencies

To uninstall udisks2-zram and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udisks2-zram

Remove udisks2-zram Configurations and Data

To remove udisks2-zram configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge udisks2-zram

Remove udisks2-zram configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove udisks2-zram configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udisks2-zram

Dependencies

udisks2-zram have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-zram package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.